Monday 9 September 2019

THE PEARL: THE BEST STUDY QUESTIONS FOR KCSE CANDIDATES [PDF]


THE PEARL STUDY QUESTIONS 


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The pearl questions and answers
The Pearl study questions 


Test your knowledge of The Pearl with these study questions. 




THE PEARL STUDY QUESTIONS

CHAPTER ONE
1.     What is the first song in Kino’s head?
2.     Which type of house does Kino and his family live in?
3.     What is the name of Kino’s wife?
4.     What meal does Kino have for breakfast?
5.     What animal stings Coyotito?
6.     Which song accompanies the moment before Coyotito is stung?
7.     State what Kino and Juana do after the baby is stung.
8.     What is the name of Kino’s brother and that of his wife?
9.     Why does the doctor never come to the cluster of brush houses?
10.   What description of Kino and Juana make the beggars know that they are poor people?

11.     How many beggars sit in front of the church?
12.   What is the race of the doctor?
13.   Why does the doctor refuse to treat Kino’s child?
14.    What does Kino do when the doctor refuses to treat his son?


THE PEARL STUDY QUESTIONS

CHAPTER TWO
1.    What does Kino do for a living?
2.    How did Kino acquire his canoe?
3.    Where did Kino’s grandfather bring his canoe from?

4.    What does Juana do as a remedy for Coyotito’s pain?
5.    What does Juana pray for?
6.    What melody comes to Kino when he dives for the pearls?


7.    How large is Kino’s pearl?
8.    What does Juana discover about Coyotito’s wound after Kino finds his pearl?


 THE PEARL STUDY QUESTIONS

CHAPTER THREE  
1.    As the news Kino’s pearl spread across the town, which people grow particularly interested?
2.    What does Kino plan to do with his new found wealth?
3.    Who is the first visitor that comes to Kino’s hut when he finds the pearl?
4.    What does he tell Kino?
5.    Who is the second visitor that comes to Kino’s house?
6.    What effects of the scorpion sting does the doctor mention?
7.    How does the doctor poison Coyotito?
8.    What meal does the doctor have for supper?
9.    Which meal does Kino have for supper?
10. How does the doctor treat Coyotito?
11.  In which two places does Kino hide his pearl?
12.  When Juana asks “Who do you fear” how does he respond?
13.   How is Kino hurt when trying to fight the intruder?
14.  What does Juana suggest that they do with the pearl after Kino is injured?
15.    What music comes to Kino’s ears that morning?


THE PEARL STUDY QUESTIONS

CHAPTER FOUR

1.    What is the name of Kino’s town?
2.    How much money does the stout pearl dealer offer Kino?
3.    How much does Kino say his pearl is worth?
4.    How much do the other dealers offer and what reasons do they give?
5.    What does the stout man behind the desk offer after Kino says that his pearl is not for sale there?
6.    What is next for Kino after he refuses to sell his pearl?
7.    What happens to Kino that night?


THE PEARL STUDY QUESTIONS

CHAPTER FIVE
1.    Why does Kino attack Juana?
2.    How does Juana react after the attack?
3.    What prompts their need to flee from the village?
4.    Why couldn’t Kino escape via sea?
5.    What happens to Kino’s house?
6.    Where does Kino go immediately after this incident?
7.    How is Juan Tomas helpful to Kino?
8.    How does Juan Tomas help Kino to prepare for his trip?
9.    Where does Kino plan to go?  



THE PEARL STUDY QUESTIONS

CHAPTER SIX  
1.    What guides Kino as he treks north?
2.    How many trackers pursue Kino?
3.    In a bid to shake off the trackers, where does Kino suggest that Juana goes? Does she agree?


4.    Where do they rest?
5.    At the mountain, what is Kino’s plan to save his family?
6.    Why does the tracker with the rifle shoot?
7.    What is the cause of Coyotito’s death?
8.    What prompts Kino’s return to La Paz?
9.    What happens to the pearl eventually?



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